Jena Cozza Earn's Atlantic 10 Weekly Honors

UMass – Senior infielder Jena Cozza was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week after the Minutewomen swept George Washington over the weekend to move to 6-0 in league play.

Cozza (Wantagh, N.Y.) led the UMass offense with seven RBI to go along with a 1.000 slugging-percentage and two home runs, hitting her first long ball to leadoff the eighth inning and put the Minutewomen ahead of George Washington 5-4 in an eventual 7-4 game one win. The senior posted a .416 average at the plate with two multi-hit performances, including a 3-of-4 showing in game one before capping off the weekend with a pair of hits in game three while scoring three runs. Cozza hit her second home run of the weekend in her final at-bat of the series, hitting a grand slam that moved her into a tie for third on the UMass career home runs list with her 32nd.
 
On the season, Cozza owns a team-leading .488 batting average while also leading the Minutewomen in eight other offensive categories. Among national leaders, Cozza ranks third in on-base percentage (.613), runs per game (1.37) and slugging-percentage (1.025) and ranks fifth in batting average and seventh in RBI per game.